Random follow #264 - @AnitaLHarvey

Meeting one great person usually always leads to meeting other great people.  Because great people attract other great people unto themselves.  The first great person I met this year was @vivster81 and from her the twitter connection was made through to the just as great @AnitaLHarvey.

This very lovely young lady is another lass who works for Amnesty International.  She looks after their media presence and does quite a bit of work in social media and communications.  So in other words - she gets to tell the world about the great work Amnesty do for people at both home and abroad.

Whats neat is if you have a look through her timeline you will quickly find that she has a brilliant sense of humour and can turn around what could be taken by others as an insult or something negative and in her own way she spins it into something very, very funny.  Such as -

"OHMYGOD, are you STILL going on about those war crimes?! Srs #Amnesty, you have like no life, do you even have a boyfriend? #DoubtIt! #Burn!"

As a stand alone tweet it comes across as a bit rough.  But when read as a RT by Anita it takes on a whole different bent.  But what else does she do and tweet about?

"People around the globe are taking a stand to #FreeTheArctic30. Show your support! Head to Queens Wharf before 9pm and join @GreenpeaceNZ"  <-- supporting the protection of the environment

":) if only.. @ndbrennan we always wish we could fill the news with #humanrights ! Here's to hoping others run it too! @AmnestyNZ"  <-- passionate about the burning issues

Anita is by no means a prolific tweeter.  She tweets when she wants and has something good to say.  There are very few wasted words on this account.  The tweets are of value and often link through to high powered stories and other goings on in current affairs.

I like Anita from a view that she is passionate and committed to a cause that is bigger than herself.  She channels and directs that passion into her tweets and her work and the results speak for themselves.

Peace.

Random follow #185 - @Greeniecg

When the first words you read in a twitter bio are NZ Warriors fan - I know I am going to follow that person FOR LIFE!  @Greeniecg is proud of his team and will stand behind them through think and thin.  Guaranteed.  And when you add in his two other joys in life - education and media one could easily think he was my brother from another mother.

So whats to like about this random tweeter?  - well Greenie is an original thinker and will willingly share his opinion with you without a doubt.  And without a doubt outside of the @nzwarriors official account I don't think I have ever seen anyone tweet quite so much about footy.  Actually I have seen a few people tweet a lot about footy but not with the same passion or fervour for one team like Greenie does.

With every play of the game Greenie is right there getting amongst it.  Every kick, tackle, bad call or point scored - he tweets about it.  If you're not into sport then you probably won't understand the passion or fire that getting behind and barracking for one team requires.

Here are a few tweets from your typical footy game -

"Leuluai's looking good so far! #nrlwstwar"

"Best kick of the warriors from danger #nrlwstwar"

"Mannering you tinny bastard! #letsgonewarriors #warriornation"

So yeah - you get the gist right?  But ts not all fun and games with Greenie though - "Won't be trying the L+P chocolate, hate white chocolate. Don't like the taste #killjoy #BuzzKillington #buzzkill"

He's not above correcting you if your grammar is incorrect - "C'mon people, it's not TEXTSES it's TEXTS. Like text with an 's' on the end. I know it's hard to say but come on! #englishteacher"

And he is a guy enjoys getting outside - "Sore ankles aren't fun when you have to run in 9 hours time. #moan #whinge"

Greenie isn't a man of too many words.  There are very few tweets that ever hit the maximum character limit.  He prefers to keep his tweets short and like a good game of footy - straight up the guts.  He sparingly Rts other peoples tweets which is a bit refreshing.  Sharing his opinion of the world isn't an issue because his intelligence drives him to non-conformity.  He doesn't have a bad word to say about anyone and he plays a straight bat every time.  I will let the man himself have the last word of this post.  Take it away Greenie -

"@NZWarriors giant on field banners. That's what we need more of st mt smart #letsgonewarriors #truewarriors #warriornation"